INFOSPHERE
Data Insights
Data Insights at IDEAS is a research centre aimed at fostering a culture of data-centric research, teaching, and learning. It supports data-driven publications, course development, student mentoring, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The Centre will curate diverse datasets, offer usage guidance, and maintain a directory of key data sources relevant to socio-economic development in India and globally.
Populist Economics and the Welfare-Fiscal Trap: A Triangulated Political Economy Inquiry
This paper explores the relationship between welfare ideology, regime type, and fiscal health. It examines the global rise of welfare populism, contrasting productive inclusion with populist transfers through key theoretical lenses. It then compares how democratic and authoritarian regimes shape welfare strategies, followed by an analysis of the fiscal risks of populist policies using data from the World Bank, IMF, and RBI. Finally, it turns to India, using state-level case studies to assess how welfare models, political structures, and fiscal outcomes intersect.
India’s Uneven Ground: Mapping Access Inequality Across States
A manuscript project that constructs a data-driven narrative highlighting the multidimensional disparities in access to public services and opportunities across India